Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 19:46:23 -0400 From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/txp if_txp.c Message-ID: <20010804194622.A15060@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <200107232227.f6NMRL478608@freefall.freebsd.org>; from wpaul@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 03:27:21PM -0700 References: <200107232227.f6NMRL478608@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Bill Paul [wpaul@FreeBSD.org] wrote: > wpaul 2001/07/23 15:27:21 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/dev/txp if_txp.c > Log: > Turn on __STRICT_ALIGNMENT. We need this to fix up alignment so the alpha > won't trap. Based on experience with the nge gig cards, I suggest we turn off __STRICT_ALIGNMENT for i386, where unaligned access will probably be cheaper than copying. __STRICT_ALIGNMENT essentially negates any benefit you get from the checksum offloading.. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Gallatin, Sr Systems Programmer http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin Duke University Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 660-6590 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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